As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.

I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.

I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be until you stumbled into my life. I refuse to let you go.

Right. That's twenty-two fifty.""Twenty-two fifty?" We can't hide our exasperation."Well, yeah - this is a classy joint, you know.""That's obvious - the service is incredible.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

Nothing is the shadow of Everything.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

It's important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go.

A life merely of pleasure, or chiefly of pleasure, is always a poor and worthless life.